On the Web: Alternate Realities By Flipping the Lens
This is a really nice effect, given as a tutorial by Bill Hansen. Sort of Holga-esque, sort of Lensbaby, but probably a little more extreme than both. And finally a use for all those useless Brownie Hawkeye Flash cameras floating around! I’ve always avoided them like the plague, but now I’m actually bidding on one so I can flip the lens for that dreamy effect. And I’ve also modified a camera in my possession in hopes of achieving the same thing in 35mm (more on that after I’ve developed the film as a test). So check it out, but stay away from my only-bid auction that closes soon!
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Anywho, an unmodified BHF [Brownie Hawkeye Flash] takes a relatively normal photograph, but something magical happens when you flip the lens. It’s like the soft focus of a vintage Diana multiplied to the Nth degree. The lens’ focal point shifts from infinity to about 3 feet in the center, while the edges just melt away into blurry goodness. The effect can be quite surreal.
Read the article here (link).
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post your pictures!!
Just got the film back, will post shortly!
waiting to see the pictures now!